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Where to find Brown-headed Cowbird in February
within 25 miles of New York, NY, USA

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Brown-headed Cowbird in February. Because some locations may be undersampled, the results are sorted based on a confidence score which takes into account how many samples are available. The bar chart shows how the probability of observing this species varies over the year.

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Rank Map Pics Location Distance Observed Sampled Frequency Confidence
1 Bayshore Waterfront Park 24.5 9 30 30.0% 16.7%
2 Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area 21.0 144 759 19.0% 16.3%
3 Burke Estate, Hastings-on-Hudson 15.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
4 Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture 23.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
5 Trap House 21.3 4 22 18.2% 7.3%
6 Point Lookout--Firemans Park 24.3 4 25 16.0% 6.4%
7 Alley Pond Park--Oakland Lake Wildflower Meadow 11.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
8 Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Overlook 22.5 9 80 11.2% 6.0%
9 Lincoln Park Gravel Pits 20.2 3 18 16.7% 5.8%
10 Tompkins Square Park 3.9 13 145 9.0% 5.3%
11 Richard W. DeKorte Park 7.1 61 940 6.5% 5.1%
12 Sandy Hook--Guardian Park & bike path 22.6 4 33 12.1% 4.8%
13 Teaneck Creek Conservancy 6.9 12 146 8.2% 4.8%
14 Bee Meadow Park 23.6 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
15 William Cullen Bryant Preserve 17.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
16 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Fergusons Lake Trail 23.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
17 Little Neck Bay, Marsh 11.5 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
18 Richmond County Youth Complex 16.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
19 Gravesend Bay, middle parking lot 12.6 10 125 8.0% 4.4%
20 Cemetery of the Resurrection--eastern section 22.4 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
21 Sandy Hook 23.7 46 817 5.6% 4.2%
22 Floyd Bennett Field 13.6 33 560 5.9% 4.2%
23 Rockefeller SP Preserve 23.6 9 115 7.8% 4.2%
24 Prospect Park--Feeders 8.5 7 83 8.4% 4.1%
25 Rahway River Park 20.1 5 54 9.3% 4.0%
26 Gravesend Bay 13.2 5 58 8.6% 3.7%
27 Pelham Bay Park--Rodmans Neck 10.1 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
28 Stone Barns Center--Trails and Fields 23.9 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
29 Chinatown, Manhattan 4.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
30 Washington Cemetery 11.1 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
31 Rockland Lake SP 25.0 9 133 6.8% 3.6%
32 Prospect Park 8.4 79 1997 4.0% 3.2%
33 Gerritsen Beach--Shell Bank Creek 13.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
34 Freshkills Park 18.2 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
35 Ramapo Mountain SF 23.5 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
36 Central Park--The Knoll 1.0 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
37 Oakwood Beach--tidal marshes, NW to Mill Rd. 17.8 3 35 8.6% 3.0%
38 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary 20.3 16 352 4.5% 2.8%
39 Playland Lake 20.4 3 37 8.1% 2.8%
40 Point Lookout 24.4 14 316 4.4% 2.7%
41 Coney Island Creek Park 14.0 5 82 6.1% 2.6%
42 Kissena Park 8.6 6 108 5.6% 2.6%
43 Riverdale Park 8.3 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
44 Darlington Park 22.3 2 22 9.1% 2.5%
45 Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary--HQ 20.4 3 43 7.0% 2.4%
46 Maplewood Memorial Park 16.5 5 92 5.4% 2.3%
47 Old Troy County Park 23.0 2 24 8.3% 2.3%
48 Richard W. DeKorte Park--Marsh Discovery Trail 7.0 3 45 6.7% 2.3%
49 Central Park 0.7 51 1730 2.9% 2.2%
50 Overpeck County Park--Stables/Wildlife Refuge 5.8 3 46 6.5% 2.2%
51 Cow Meadow Park and Preserve 23.2 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
52 Rye Playland 20.0 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
53 Central Park--Maintenance Meadow 0.2 2 26 7.7% 2.1%
54 Van Cortlandt Park--VC Lake and Vault Hill 8.8 3 49 6.1% 2.1%
55 Saw Mill Creek Trail 7.5 2 27 7.4% 2.1%
56 Backyard of Isaac Grant, Staten Island 11.3 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
57 Spanish Camp, Former 20.7 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
58 Idlewild Park 14.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
59 Van Cortlandt Park--Southwest Zone 8.7 3 54 5.6% 1.9%
60 Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden 12.0 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
61 Floyd Bennett Field--Ecology Village Area 14.1 2 30 6.7% 1.8%
62 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Perpendicular Pond 22.5 13 420 3.1% 1.8%
63 Fort Tilden 15.7 5 120 4.2% 1.8%
64 Sandy Hook--Lot I, Proving Grounds, and North Beach Pavillion 21.8 2 31 6.5% 1.8%
65 Great Kills Park 18.0 9 268 3.4% 1.8%
66 Central Park--The Ramble 0.3 20 733 2.7% 1.8%
67 Alley Pond Park--Oakland Lake 10.9 6 159 3.8% 1.7%
68 Watchung Reservation 22.7 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
69 Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and Beach 14.9 2 32 6.2% 1.7%
70 Florham Park Fields 22.8 2 33 6.1% 1.7%
71 Meadowlands District IBA 6.5 3 62 4.8% 1.7%
72 Brookdale Park 12.2 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
73 Garvies Point Preserve 17.4 1 11 9.1% 1.6%
74 Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve 20.5 3 66 4.5% 1.6%
75 Alley Pond Park--Environmental Center 11.2 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
76 Lenape Park 19.7 3 67 4.5% 1.5%
77 Flushing Meadows Corona Park 7.2 3 67 4.5% 1.5%
78 Pelham Bay Park 10.2 5 142 3.5% 1.5%
79 Sandy Hook--North End 21.2 2 37 5.4% 1.5%
80 Lakeside Park (Pompton Lake) 22.6 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
81 Two Bridges (Lincoln Park) 17.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
82 Central Park--The Pond and Hallett Sanctuary 1.1 7 231 3.0% 1.5%
83 Lake Parsippany 24.8 5 147 3.4% 1.5%
84 Hatfield Swamp IBA--Great Piece Meadow 20.3 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
85 Glen Island Park 12.0 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
86 Rockleigh Woods Sanctuary & Lamont Reserve 15.4 1 13 7.7% 1.4%
87 Cunningham Park 10.8 1 14 7.1% 1.3%
88 Bronx Zoo 6.7 7 283 2.5% 1.2%
89 Fort Tryon Park 5.8 4 130 3.1% 1.2%
90 Gravesend Bay, Shore Parkway Greenway Trail 12.7 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
91 Lake Tappan 16.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
92 Hilltop Reservation 15.5 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
93 Van Cortlandt Park 9.1 3 87 3.4% 1.2%
94 Centennial Gardens Bird Sanctuary 14.9 1 16 6.2% 1.1%
95 Liberty SP 7.0 8 370 2.2% 1.1%
96 Leeds Pond Preserve 14.1 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
97 Piermont Pier 18.4 8 402 2.0% 1.0%
98 Theodore Roosevelt Park, Manhattan 0.4 2 55 3.6% 1.0%
99 Central Park--The Lake (Upper Lobe) 0.3 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
100 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park 12.8 10 554 1.8% 1.0%
101 The Celery Farm 19.5 11 628 1.8% 1.0%
102 Humes Preserve 21.5 1 19 5.3% 0.9%
103 Mt. Loretto Unique Area 23.0 3 110 2.7% 0.9%
104 New York Botanical Garden 7.3 3 111 2.7% 0.9%
105 Rockefeller SP Preserve--Swan Lake area 23.7 5 235 2.1% 0.9%
106 Alley Pond Park--Restoration Pond 11.9 2 62 3.2% 0.9%
107 Welwyn Preserve 18.5 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
108 Crocheron Park 10.4 1 20 5.0% 0.9%
109 Schmidt's Woods 4.5 2 63 3.2% 0.9%
110 Central Park--Triplets Br. area (btwn 77th-79th St. transv.) 0.3 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
111 Pascack Brook County Park 14.6 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
112 Green-Wood Cemetery--Dell Water 9.2 1 21 4.8% 0.8%
113 Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh 14.8 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
114 Central Park--Sparrow Rock section 0.2 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
115 Melanie Lane Wetlands 22.5 1 22 4.5% 0.8%
116 Little Neck Bay, Cross Island Parkway 10.2 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
117 Kissena Corridor Park 8.0 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
118 West Essex Wetlands, Livingston, New Jersey, US (40.808, -74.344) 19.9 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
119 Great Kills Park--Mudflats 18.1 2 76 2.6% 0.7%
120 Disposal Rd. 7.7 3 150 2.0% 0.7%
121 Charles Memorial Park 11.5 1 26 3.8% 0.7%
122 Hempstead Lake SP 18.4 3 154 1.9% 0.7%
123 Pelham Bay Park--Orchard Beach & parking lot 10.7 2 83 2.4% 0.7%
124 Pelham Bay Park--Hunter Island 11.4 3 162 1.9% 0.6%
125 Sandy Hook--Scout Camp & Randolph Drive 22.9 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
126 Mindowaskin Park 21.7 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
127 Bailey Arboretum 21.3 1 29 3.4% 0.6%
128 Overpeck County Park 6.2 3 170 1.8% 0.6%
129 Gramercy Park (private park) 3.2 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
130 Clarks Pond 11.6 1 32 3.1% 0.6%
131 Parsons Pond Park 20.0 1 33 3.0% 0.5%
132 Cemetery of the Resurrection--Parallel Pond 22.4 3 194 1.5% 0.5%
133 Cemetery of the Resurrection--N entrance 22.2 4 299 1.3% 0.5%
134 Arden Ave. Beach 20.3 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
135 Page Ave. Beach 23.7 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
136 MacEchron Waterfront Park, Hastings on Hudson 15.6 1 34 2.9% 0.5%
137 Walker Avenue Wetlands 19.4 2 108 1.9% 0.5%
138 Echo Lake Park 21.2 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
139 Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve 23.1 1 35 2.9% 0.5%
140 Palisades Park IBA--Green Brook Sanctuary 9.6 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
141 Dyker Beach Park 12.0 1 36 2.8% 0.5%
142 Mission of Immaculate Virgin, Mt. Loretto 22.9 1 37 2.7% 0.5%
143 Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond 21.5 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
144 Jacob Riis Park 15.5 1 38 2.6% 0.5%
145 Plumb Beach 14.0 2 122 1.6% 0.5%
146 Brookfield Park 18.2 1 40 2.5% 0.4%
147 Brookville Park 14.3 1 42 2.4% 0.4%
148 Kensico Reservoir (Kensico & Rye Lakes) 24.3 2 132 1.5% 0.4%
149 Coney Island Creek--Leon S. Kaiser Park 14.0 1 46 2.2% 0.4%
150 Hatfield Swamp IBA--West Essex Park 18.5 2 143 1.4% 0.4%
151 Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn 9.0 5 560 0.9% 0.4%
152 Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park--Southwest 13.2 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
153 College of Staten Island 15.7 1 48 2.1% 0.4%
154 Meadowlands IBA--Mehrhof Pond (restricted access) 5.3 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
155 Great Kills Park--Crookes Point 19.3 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
156 Pelham Bay Park--Twin Islands 11.3 1 50 2.0% 0.4%
157 Troy Meadows Natural Area 21.6 2 157 1.3% 0.4%
158 Veterans Memorial Waterfront Park 14.9 1 52 1.9% 0.3%
159 Meadowlands IBA--Losen Slote Creek Park 5.5 1 53 1.9% 0.3%
160 Cemetery of the Resurrection 22.3 1 53 1.9% 0.3%
161 Passaic River Park (Union) 24.9 1 53 1.9% 0.3%
162 Coney Island Creek 13.9 1 55 1.8% 0.3%
163 Cemetery of the Resurrection--scrub W of maint. bldgs 22.6 1 57 1.8% 0.3%
164 Wolfe's Pond Park 21.8 2 181 1.1% 0.3%
165 Arbutus Lake 21.0 1 59 1.7% 0.3%
166 Jacksons Pond 19.7 1 60 1.7% 0.3%
167 Verona Park 15.0 1 66 1.5% 0.3%
168 Grass Island Natural Area 24.0 2 213 0.9% 0.3%
169 Miller Field 16.3 1 77 1.3% 0.2%
170 Boonton Reservoir 24.1 1 78 1.3% 0.2%
171 Hempstead Lake SP--south end 18.2 2 246 0.8% 0.2%
172 Silver Lake Park (Richmond Co.) 12.5 1 80 1.2% 0.2%
173 Overpeck County Park--Henry Hoebel Area 6.2 1 84 1.2% 0.2%
174 Ocean Terminal--The Peninsula 9.8 1 87 1.1% 0.2%
175 Hendrix Creek 10.4 1 91 1.1% 0.2%
176 Hillview Reservoir (restricted access) 10.4 1 97 1.0% 0.2%
177 Clove Lakes Park 13.6 2 313 0.6% 0.2%
178 Governors Island (reopening Spring 2021) 7.0 1 102 1.0% 0.2%
179 Central Park--Turtle Pond 0.1 1 105 1.0% 0.2%
180 Fort Wadsworth 13.3 1 112 0.9% 0.2%
181 Cemetery of the Resurrection--North Pond 22.3 1 113 0.9% 0.2%
182 Palisades Park IBA--State Line Lookout 14.7 1 114 0.9% 0.2%
183 Oradell Reservoir and Emerson Woods 13.2 1 117 0.9% 0.2%
184 Nickerson Beach 23.3 1 118 0.8% 0.1%
185 Alley Pond Park 11.9 1 120 0.8% 0.1%
186 Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary 19.2 1 129 0.8% 0.1%
187 Smith Pond, Rockville Center 18.3 1 137 0.7% 0.1%
188 Flushing Meadows Corona Park--Meadow Lake 7.3 1 141 0.7% 0.1%
189 Calvert Vaux Park (Dreier-Offerman Park) 13.6 1 157 0.6% 0.1%
190 Mill Pond Park, Bellmore 24.7 1 161 0.6% 0.1%
191 Central Park--North End 1.2 1 182 0.5% 0.1%
192 Garret Mountain Reservation (Park) 13.8 1 187 0.5% 0.1%
193 Point Lookout--Town Park 23.9 1 190 0.5% 0.1%
194 Wagner College 13.3 1 199 0.5% 0.1%
195 Marshlands Conservancy 18.3 1 212 0.5% 0.1%
196 Breezy Point Tip 16.0 1 220 0.5% 0.1%
197 Halifax Road 23.9 1 250 0.4% 0.1%
198 Central Park--Reservoir 0.4 2 1093 0.2% 0.1%
199 Inwood Hill Park 6.6 1 535 0.2% 0.0%